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. 2012 Oct 24;176(10):875–885. doi: 10.1093/aje/kws179

Table 2.

Sociodemographic Characteristics and Risk Behaviors at PT0 in Men Opting for Male Circumcision and Men Remaining Uncircumcised at PT2, Rakai, Uganda, 2007–2011

Male Circumcision Acceptors (n = 1,297)
Male Circumcision Nonacceptors (n = 300)
P Valuea
No. % No. %
Age, years 0.63
  ≤20 227 17.5 43 14.3
 21–25 362 27.9 91 30.3
 26–30 281 21.7 61 20.3
 31–35 195 15.0 50 16.7
  ≥36 232 17.9 55 18.3
Education 0.96
 No education 70 5.4 17 5.7
 Primary school 885 68.2 206 68.7
 Secondary school or higher 342 26.4 77 25.7
Religion 0.62
 Catholic 73 5.6 18 6.0
 Protestant 913 70.4 218 72.7
 Other 311 24.0 64 21.3
Occupation 0.01
 Trading 312 24.1 72 24.0
 Student 165 12.7 21 7.0
 Fishing 65 5.0 25 8.3
 Agriculture for selling 120 9.3 20 6.7
 Agriculture for home 280 21.6 67 22.3
 Other (e.g., motorcycle/taxi driver or trucker) 355 27.4 95 31.7
Current marital status, yes 806 62.1 190 63.3 0.70
Sexually active in past year, yes 1,132 87.3 269 89.7 0.26
Self-perceived HIV risk, likely 364 28.1 79 26.3 0.55
No. of sex partners in past year 0.40
 0 165 12.7 31 10.3
 1 688 53.1 168 56.0
  ≥2 444 34.2 101 33.7
No. of nonmarital partners in past year 0.45
 0 706 54.4 166 55.3
 1 399 30.8 83 27.7
  ≥2 192 14.8 51 17.0
Alcohol use before sex in past year, yesb 692 61.1 172 63.9 0.39
Condom use with all partners in past yearb 0.86
 Never 554 48.9 127 47.2
 Sometimes 427 37.7 106 39.4
 Always 151 13.3 36 13.4
Condom use with nonmarital partners in past yearc 0.13
 Never 116 20.2 16 12.6
 Sometimes 204 35.5 47 37.0
 Always 254 44.3 64 50.4
No condom use at last sex with any partnerb 912 80.6 220 81.8 0.65
No condom use at last sex with nonmarital partnersc 272 47.4 52 40.9 0.19

Abbreviations: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; PT0, start of the posttrial surveillance; PT2, the second posttrial visit.

a P value based on 2-sided χ2 test.

b Among sexually active men.

c Among men reporting nonmarital/nonconsensual relations in the partner-specific blocks of the questionnaire.